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NASA
Nasa: Droplets: Kiwi Kids Cloud Identification Guide [Pdf]
Learn all about the different kinds of clouds in our atmosphere, how each forms, and specific details of each. Colored photos and an altitude cloud chart are included. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Globe
The Globe Program: Do You Know That Clouds Have Names? [Pdf]
Did you know that clouds have different names? Each cloud in the sky has its own unique form and it has a particular name based on its shape, where it floats in the sky and the type of moisture it contains. Learn here all about the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:2 Investigation 1 Clouds
Fourth graders observe and record different types of clouds.
Globe
The Globe Program: Clouds Module
Activities give students the opportunity to describe the shape and appearance of cumulus clouds and learn the types of weather that are associated with them. They identify cloud types using cloud classification names and explore the...
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Page: Clouds
Find out all about clouds and how they are formed at this site from Dan's Wild Weather Page. Nice photographs of different types of clouds enrich the site.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Cloud Types
Windows to the Universe provides a table with information about each cloud group, base height of each of the cloud groups, and links to information on the individual cloud types associated each group.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Facts About the Cumulus Clouds
Provides a good description of the characteristics of cumulus clouds.
Other
Gorp: Using Clouds to Forecast the Weather
This resource provides information on the four main types of clouds that form in the atmosphere. There are high clouds, middle clouds, low clouds and clouds with vertical development.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Clouds: Earth's Security Blanket
Animated resource helps young researchers understand clouds, cloud formation, and types of clouds.
Other
Northern Michigan University: Cumulus Clouds
This brief site provides a connection between cumulus clouds and upcoming weather, explains why these clouds are white and puffy, and describes how these clouds are formed.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Cumulus Clouds
View an image of cumulus clouds that are associated with fair or stormy weather.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Cumulus Clouds, Photo #1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Here you can find a photograph capturing cumulus clouds being formed over water.
Curated OER
Cumulus Clouds Are Big and Fluffy
An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.